Ep 126: Rob Lawless | "The more I interact with the depth of people the more I acknowledge it exists"

What do you think you might learn about communication if you held thousands of conversations with strangers over the course of a decade?

 

Well, you don't have to wonder. My guest in this episode can tell you.

 

Back in 2015, while working as a sales rep tasked with cold-calling people who didn't want to talk to him, Rob Lawless started a side project to see if he could have conversations with complete strangers.

 

Rob set a goal: to have an hour-long chat with 10,000 people about whatever topic was most important to them that day.

 

This episode features Rob's 6,140th conversation on his way to 10,000, and it's with me.

 

We discuss many things, but perhaps most importantly, we dive into the lessons Rob has learned about communication and nuance along the way.

 

Check out Rob's work at https://www.robs10kfriends.com/ and at https://www.roblawless.com/, and follow Rob's journey on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/robs10kfriends/.